Seattle Foundation and King County Elections are partnering to increase engagement and voter participation in underserved communities through the Voter Education Fund.
Donor Name: Seattle Foundation
State: Washington
County: King County (WA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline:
- Multi-year Level: 02/24/2024
- Seed Level Level: 02/24/2023
Size of the Grant:
- Multi-year Funding: Up to $50,000
- Seed Level Funding: Up to $10,000
Grant Duration:
- Multi-year Level: 2 year
- Seed Level Level: 1 year
Details:
As in previous iterations of the funding opportunity, the partners have committed $950,000 in grants over the next two-years to organizations working to increase voter participation in historically marginalized communities
Grant Priority
The Voter Education Fund will provide grants to organizations working to reduce inequities in voting access in historically marginalized communities including, but not limited to, communities of color, people experiencing homelessness, people with disabilities, limited-English speaking (LES) communities, LGBTQIA community members, formerly incarcerated individuals, and residents in South King County.
They are prioritizing applications that are:
- Led and staffed by individuals reflecting the ethnic and cultural communities being served.
- Showcase a history or demonstrated ability to reach and engage members from the communities, especially as it relates to voting access
- Have a plan for engaging first time voters, youth of color, people living with disabilities, individuals experiencing homelessness or people convicted of a felony, BIPOC and historically excluded communities in South King County.
Funding Information
- Multi-year Funding – grants up to $50,000 over two years (up to $25,000 a year).
- Multi-year Funding will support organizations that provide ongoing voter registration and education activities throughout 2023 and 2024. Grantees are expected to offer a variety of approaches to educating and engaging voters or potential voters in their community throughout the next two years. Organizations should consider applying for this level of funding if they have prior experience doing successful non-partisan voter engagement work within historically excluded communities.
- Seed Level Funding – grants up to $10,000 a year.
- Seed Level Funding will support organizations that are newer to this work who aim to provide events to potential voters in 2023 and 2024. This is intended to grow the capacity of organizations representing focus communities who desire to increase their capability of doing effective, non-partisan voter education work.
Eligibility Criteria
- 501c3 organizations (organizations with a 501c3 fiscal sponsor) working in King County, Washington.
For more information, visit Seattle Foundation.